#John Andrew Fredrick

[dustedmagazine]

The Black Watch — The Morning Papers Have Given Us the Vapours (Dell'Orso)

John Andrew Fredrick, founder and lone permanent member of the Black Watch, generally sounds irrepressible. His creative output follows that energy, following a drunken boat of Romanticism through a slew of albums over the past 30 years (and if he's bored of us talking about his prolificness, at least we aren't bored of following it). New album The Morning Papers Have Given Us the Vapours explicitly comes out of the joy of making music, but what Fredrick mostly captures is a tension in life between what could be and what is. The band's jangly post-punk has goth leanings, but it's hard to hear the act ever going that dark, even if what we often hear is the sound of Fredrick pulling himself back into the light.

The jaded hopefulness comes through on tracks like “Almost Words.” Fredrick begins by singing, “Mind you, try with all your might / To look upon the side called bright / though colored shadows cross and stop your way.” Fredrick quickly undercuts optimism here, but he can hide his earnestness in seeking it to begin with. The syntax might be Browning's influence (despite the prevalence of the term “literary” in describing pop music, few artists wear this descriptor as happily as novelist and former professor Fredrick), but it might be a wry take on poesy. Just a few tracks earlier in “Sorry So Far,” he sang, “In a lyric how much can one say? / And lyrics aren't poetry – no way,” a twisted phrase that laughs at Fredrick's own pretensions even as he discovers exactly what he has to say throughout the writing process.

What that comes to continues the tension. “What's All This Then” opens with, “Never felt like this before / Except for 13 times or maybe more.” Fredrick goes on to doubt the value of promises, jaded by the repetitive experiences of failed fairy tales. But he still “half-believes,” and that half-belief remains essential to The Morning Papers. Were Fredrick to give in to his despair, the claims of hurt or loss would become irrelevant, just part of a faded background pattern. When anger or bitterness come through, as on “Oh Do Shut Up” or “The Morning Papers,” it feels genuine, and well understood from a place that still has enough hope to produce anger.

Most of the music comes with a slightly dreamy quality, a perfect match for Fredrick's lyrics. Some touches of the Cure peak through, but the Black Watch sounds more drawn toward New Zealand or Australia (The Go-Betweens make a reliable reference point) this time, with some shoegaze textures laid over it all. It gives the album a surprising brightness among its harsher edges, so when Fredrick sings, “Just you wait till one day till my faith is restored,” it can sound like both a threat and a wish. Fredrick feels most at home in that space in between. He's comfortable in that space where he can't quite give in to one side or the other, Maybe that's where all the energy comes from.

Justin Cober-Lake

[hbowar-bracket]

Albert Blithe 

Alex Penkala 

Alice 

Alton More 

Anna

Anthony 'Manimal' Jacks  

Antonio 'Poke' Espera  

Antonio Garcia 

Army Chaplain Teska  

Baba Karamanlis  

Bernard DeMarco   

Bill 'Hoosier' Smith  

Bill Leyden  

Billy Taylor  

Brad 'Iceman' Colbert  

Burton Christenson 

Capt. Andrew Haldane  

Carwood Lipton 

Charles (Chuck) Grant 

Charles Bean Cruikshank   

Charles K. Bailey  

Col. Robert Sink 

Cpt. Bryan Patterson  

Cpt. Craig 'Encino Man' Schwetje  

Cpt. Dave 'Captain America' McGraw  

Curtis Biddick  

Darrell (Shifty) Powers 

David Solomon  

David Webster 

Denver (Bull) Randleman 

Donald Hoobler 

Dr. Sledge  

Edward (Babe) Heffron 

Elmo 'Gunny' Haney  

Eric Kocher  

Eugene Jackson 

Eugene Roe 

Eugene Sledge   

Evan 'Q-Tip' Stafford  

Evan 'Scribe' Wright  

Everett Blakely   

Father John Maloney 

Floyd (Tab) Talbert 

Frank Murphy   

Frank Perconte 

Frederick (Moose) Heyliger 

Gabe Garza  

Gale 'Buck' Cleven  

George Luz 

Glenn Graham   

Gunnery Sgt. Mike 'Gunny' Wynn  

Gunnery Sgt. Ray 'Casey Kasem' Griego  

Hamm  

Harry Crosby  

Harry Welsh 

Helen  

Herbert Sobel 

Howard 'Hambone' Hamilton   

Jack Kidd  

James (Mo) Alley

James Chaffin  

James Douglass  

James Gibson   

James Miller 

Jason Lilley  

Jean Achten  

Jeffrey 'Dirty Earl' Carisalez  

John 'Bucky' Egan  

John Basilone  

John Christeson  

John D. Brady   

John Fredrick  

John Janovec 

John Julian 

John Martin 

Joseph 'Bubbles' Payne   

Joseph Liebgott 

Joseph Toye 

Josh Ray Person  

Katherine 'Tatty' Spaatz   

Ken Lemmons  

Lance Cpl. Harold James Trombley  

Larry Shawn 'Pappy' Patrick  

Leandro 'Shady B' Baptista  

Lena Basilone  

Lew 'Chuckler' Juergens  

Lewis Nixon 

Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones  

Lt. Henry Jones 

Lt. Nathaniel Fick  

Lt. Thomas Peacock 

Lynn (Buck) Compton 

Maj. 'Red' Bowman  

Maj. John Sixta  

Mama Karamanlis  

Manuel Rodriguez  

Mary Frank Sledge  

Meesh  

Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton  

Navy Hm2 Robert Timothy 'Doc' Bryan  

Neil 'Chick' Harding   

Norman Dike 

Old Man on Bicycle 

Patrick O'Keefe 

Phyllis  

R.V. Burgin   

Ralph (Doc) Spina 

Renee Lemaire 

Richard Winters 

Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal   

Robert 'Stormy' Becker   

Robert (Popeye) Wynn 

Robert Leckie  

Rodolfo 'Rudy' Reyes  

Ronald Speirs 

Roy Claytor  

Roy Cobb 

Sammy   

Sgt. Mallard  

Sidney Phillips  

Stella Karamanlis

Teren 'T' Holsey  

Vera Keller  

Walt Hasser  

Walter (Smokey) Gordon

Warren (Skip) Muck 

Wayne (Skinny) Sisk 

Wilbur 'Runner' Conley  

William Guarnere 

William Hinton  

William J. DeBlasio  

William Quinn  

Winifred 'Pappy' Lewis  

[xenophanes101]

Fnaf restaurant friend groups:

The 4 Tormentors:

Michael Afton

Mark Halberg

Fredrick Moonshine

Simon Starsapphire

The Jasmine squad(the twisted squad):

Helen Otis

Jack Nichols

Jasmine O'Brien

Khael Afton

Terrence Afton

Jeremy Halberg

Mark Halberg

Jeff Alan Woods

Liu Woods

Zach Emily

Andrew O'Brien

Vannessa

Tyron

Vincent Afton

The Twilight squad:

Charlie Emily

John

Jessica

Carlton Bruke

Marla

Lamar

Jason

The Rainbow squad:

Susie

Cassidy O'Brien

Fritz Walker

Matt Walker

Mark Walker

Jeremy Halberg

Gabriel Moonshine

Bently lee

Chris Afton

The daycare squad:

Eclipse

Dawn

Lunar

The funtimers

Noah Carter

Stella

Orion

James

Cassie

The glam rockers squad:

James

Joshua

Jeanette

Juliet

Student council

Damien

Jhales

Trixia

Diana

[daggerzine]

The Spires- Woke Up Strange- (Artificial Light)

This Ventura, CA band ( the trio of Jason, Johny and Brook) came to my attention a few years ago on their previous LP, Era Was ( I believe that the Black Watch’s John Andrew Fredrick hipped me to them….thanks J.A.F.).

They’re doing the rock pop thing, but with a little more swirling, dreamy elements than a lot of bands out there. By that description I don’t want you to think they’re a psychedelic mess, they are certainly not. These are a solid, rock/pop song with cool flanged guitars and hooks a plenty and I really like the vocals as well (I had mentioned in my review of their previous LP that I hear a little Rain Parade in some of these songs which is a good place to be).

The first three cuts really set the stage here. The opener “Set the World in Motion’,” “Several Times” and  my personal favorite  “Cheap Revolution” show that, in addition to strong songwriting, they’ve also for  got some cajones as well.

A few favorites later in the album include “Broke What Breaks” (cool organ!) and the driving (ok, rockin’) “This That” and the otherworldly “Pink Skull.”

I like Woke Up Strange more than the previous record as they’ve tried some new things and definitely upped the songwriting. If the band is new to you dig in and be pleasantly surprised.

www.thespires.bandcamp.com

[eatdirt420]

In regards to my last post, though nobody asked, I find the name Gaius Julius Caesar deeply personal to me because Gaius Julius Caesar was a silly guy that died in a silly way just like John Fredrick Kennedy in da Lincoln. I feel the same way about President Garfield (not the cat) (the dude) (and NOT Andrew Garfield) (I know not of his first name, nor if he really has one) (he gives me George vibes)

[reconprate]

The Black Watch

The Black Watch “Gobbledegook” Weird Rooms (06-14-2024) About this song, frontman John Andrew Fredrick is quoted by Magnet as saying: “It’s kind of a corollary to me forever opining that lyrics aren’t poetry.  Anybody who insists to the contrary doesn’t really know anything about how the music…I won’t say dictates, but rather colors the words.”  This new album appears right on the heals of the…

[parkerbombshell]

Addictions and Other Vices 922 – Colour Me Friday

Addictions and Other Vices Today Special Time 12pm EST Fridays 3pm Repeats Saturday 3pm EST and Sunday 8am EST  bombshellradio.com #NowPlaying #indie #rock #alternative #Synthpop #indierock #community #radio #BombshellRadio #DJ #AddictionsPodcast #NewMusic #ColourMeFriday #Radio247 New Indie finds, previews of Just Another Menace Sunday artists coming up this weekend into next week ala Dennis The Menace, and Alex Green of Stereo Embers The Podcast and Sandy Kaye of A Breath of Fresh Air. Discoveries from our social media followers and a few more surprises. Thanks to all the artists, labels and PR companies that submitted tracks this week. Fix Mix 922 1. Bug Like an Angel / Mitski 2. Pink / Lizzo 3. Waves / Kula Shaker 4. Paper Planes / Tinyumbrellas 5. Something Familiar / MAY-A 6. Relax / Frankie Goes To Hollywood 7. Video Killed The Radio Star / The Buggles 8. Joanna (Single Version) / Kool & The Gang 9. Can the Can / Suzi Quatro 10. Truth As My Weapon / Suzi Quatro + KT Tunstall 11. Always / BabyGirl 12. Starlight / Babygirl 13. Me & Me / The Beaches 14. Stupid Girl / Garbage 15. Don't Look Back In Anger / Oasis 16. Don't Ask Me Questions / Graham Parker and the Rumor 17. The Music Of The Devil / Graham Parker and the Goldtops 18. No Myth / Michael Penn 19. History Books (feat. Bruce Springsteen) / The Gaslight Anthem 20. Baby Blue / Sundara Karma 21. Doubt / Slow Pulp 22. Senses Working Overtime / XTC 23. Look At Those Stars / The 3 Clubmen 24. Don't Love You Anymore / Edie Bens 25. Easy Thing / Snail Mail 26. Suburban Solutions / Wild Nothing 27. One Hit Wonder / Cate 28. Whole Wide World / Wreckless Eric 29. Meal Deal / Panic Shack 30. Crying All the Time / The Black Watch 31. Daniel / Bat for Lashes 32. A Girl in Trouble (Is a Temporary Thing) / Romeo Void 33. Angel / NewDad 34. Stuck In a Car With You / Twin Atlantic 35. Losing My Sense Of Taste / Pretenders 36. You Held It All / The Staves 37. Out Of My Mind / Trousdale 38. What Was I Made For / Billie Eilish INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK   Friday September 22 Rainbow Country  w  wp HR 1 - Coverage of the 48th Edition of the Toronto International Film Festival #LGBT Films #NationalAnthem Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Trevor Horn A Breath of Fresh Air  w / Robert Kool (Kool and the Gang) Saturday September 23 Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Trevor Horn Sunday September 24 Stereo Embers The Podcast w / Suzi Quatro Just Another Menace Sunday w/ The Dandy Warhols Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Babygirl Monday September 25 Stereo Embers The Podcast w / Graham Parker Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Michael Penn Tuesday September 26 Stereo Embers The Podcast w / The Three Clubmen & Graham Parker A Breath of Fresh Air  w / Simon Kirke (Free, Bad Company) Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Edie Bens Rainbow Country w /  Award-Winning Writer Professor & Playwright Patrick Horrigan Wednesday September 27 Stereo Embers The Podcast w / Wreckless Eric Just Another Menace Sunday w/  The Dandy Warhols Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Panic Shack Thursday September 28 Stereo Embers The Podcast w /  John Andrew Fredrick  (The Black Watch) Stereo Embers The Podcast w / Sandy Bell Just Another Menace Sunday w/ Romeo Void & Bat For Lashes Addictions and Other Vices  Read the full article

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9/30/20

The Black Watch (Los Angeles, CA) have been making music since the late 1980s.  I’ve listened to a lot of their releases over the years and “Fromthing Somethat” seems like their most cohesive, complete effort.

John Andrew Fredrick has made a near perfect album that looks back over the last 30 years - indie rock, shoegaze, chamber pop, etc.  Bands like Yo La Tengo (listen to “the lonesome death of mary hansen”), Erik Blood, Lloyd Cole, and even Tredici Bacci would find a lot to like here.  In fact, I’m curious if any of the aforementioned bands listen to The Black Watch.

This is being released by ATOM Records (Dayton, OH).

[evilelitest2]

Was Lincoln a racist?

Short Answer: Yes, but less so than a lot of white people during his age

Long Answer: There is a lot of historical context to put into this.  Basically American in the mid 19th century was increidbly racist, even in the non slave owning north.  While many white Americans opposed slavery on moral, economical, and religious grounds (and to be clear here the Civil War was about slavery and the North was on the right side), that didn’t actually mean they weren’t racist, a lot of abolitionists had extremely patronizing attitudes towards African Americans, Lincoln among them.  In fact John Brown, the guy who hunted slave owners down and murdered them with broadswords, was seen as legitimately mentally ill not because he killed people with swords but because he treated African Americans as equal to whites…..really

Within this context, Lincolns views of race were complicated and changed throughout his life, but he was certainly a racist, though it was a particular form of racism.  From his youth Lincoln despised slavery and thought it immoral, and argued very convincingly against it in the Lincoln-Douglass Debates (for the record his opponent Douglass was running on a much more racist and pro slavery platform).  Lincoln held the popular racist view of the time that African Americans were inferior and simply couldn’t live within white society and we shouldn't’t allow our glorification of honest abe ignore these views.  And while his views were quite moderate for the time, there were whites who were able to grow past them, the Massachusetts Senator Thaddeus Stevens (The villain in Birth of a Nation btw) was extremely progressive on race even by today’s standards, and had he gotten his way more, the  US would certainly be a better place.  Lincoln by contrast infamously was a supporter of African-Americans being returned to Africa as the best way to ensure domestic tranquility and I hope i shouldn’t have to explain why that is racist.  

(Look this up some time) 

That being said, Lincoln did change his mind over the course of his life, especially after becoming friends with noted African American intellectual and all around American literary hero Fredrick Douglass (read his autobiography its great), and upon having more contact with the African American community/union soldiers. Throughout his life he steadily grew more and more radical on the issue of race, slavery and reconstruction.  His writings grew more and more sympathetic to African Americans in the years leading up to hsi death, and his views on slavery become much more opposed.  Had he lived longer, maybe he would have caught up to Thaddeus Stevens (who really needs more statues btw, I’d like to them to be next to those of Nathan Bedford Forest).   

On the subject of slavery, it is worth noting that when he started his politican career, Lincoln was vehemently opposed to slavery and thought it immoral, but  he was not an abolitionist.  He felt that the federal goverment didn’t have the power to outlaw slavery (though he personally wanted it to end) and when he was in Congress himself the Southern control of the Senate and Supreme Court made any move in the direciton of racial equality impossible (the more things change…).  When he ran for president, he made it clear again and again in his speeches that he had no intention of outlawing or banning slavery, but that he was firmely in favor of limited it to the south in the hopes that it would eventually die out over the course of a few generations.  This is a pretty weakass stance to take when faced with one of hte greatest evils in US history, but his election in 1860 was by far the most anti slavery presidency campaign in US history to that point, so much so that the South seceded once he won (because sore losers).  

(fun fact, Fredrick Douglass is not still alive, Trump is just a dumbass) 

Lincoln hoped to win the Civil War by getting the south to surrender peacefully, and to that end for the first two years of the war hoped to limit any talk of abolitioni, while secretly supporting the Union army’s efforts to bring about de facto freedom.  However by mid 1862 Lincoln had gotten sick of the Confederency bullshit, and basically decided to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, waiting until the semi victorious battle of Antietam to do so, and later he pushed for the 13th amendment formally ending slavery once and for (except for prisoners…)   before his death, he was considering more radical measures, sadly his VP Andrew Johnson, one of the worse presidents in US history took charge and effectivley ruined Reconstruction’s hope of being a successful policy.  

TLDR: Lincoln’s views of race were complicated and changed during his time.  he was certainly a racist, though within the context of his time he still did help the African American community, though not enough as she should have.  

Edit: Thaddeus Stevens was not the Senator of Massachusetts, he was a Congressmen from Pennsylvanian, as pointed out by a helpful anon, I was mentally mixing him up with fellow abolitionist and radical republican Charles Sumner he of the caning incident.  I”m leaving the mistake in there just so this can serve as an object lesson of why you should always double check your thoughts.  I messed up there

[eternalyouth]

125+ common male names

under  the  cut  you  will  find  a  list  of  common  american  male  names  as  of   2020 . if  you  have  this  useful  please  like  and  reblog  .

abraham

aj

alvin

ambrose

amis

andrea

andrew

archie

arnie

atlas

austin

avi

bailey

benjamin 

benji

bennett 

benson

bentley

beau

blake

brooks

brooklyn

boris

brandon

brenden 

brenton

braxton

burke

burn

caleb

cary

cassian

chance

chester

chris/christian/christopher 

cole

colton

crews

dallas

dalton

dante

declan

demetrius

dexter

dorian

dustin

dylan

eagan

easton

edgar

elijah

elias

elmer

emery

eric/erik

erskine

ethan

evan/evans

ezekiel

ezra

felix

finn

franklin

fredrick

gabriel

gaston

george

grady

greyson

guy

harley

harvey

henry

holton

hugh

hunter

hugo

isaiah

ivan

jack

jackson

jasper

jeffery 

jeremiah

jett

jethro

jonah

john/jonathan

jones

josiah

joshua

jude

julian

justin

lawson

laurence

leighton

leo

levi

linus

lloyd

lonnie

lucas

lyle

marion

maverick

maxwell

maxamillian

michael

micah

miles/myles

nathaniel

oliver

omar

orson

otis

owen

peyton

quincy

quintin 

rafael

raiden

rainer

remy

robin

rufus

ryder

samuel

sebastian

silas

theodore 

titus

tobias

trevor

tristian

tyler

victor

vincent

webster

wilfred

winston

wyatt

xavier

zac/zak/zack/zach/zachariah

[dustedmagazine]

Listed: The Black Watch

The Black Watch plays jangly power pop with a psychedelic haze. Its sole continuous member, songwriter John Andrew Fredrick, has made 18 Black Watch albums so far, full of gem-like, oddball songs that evoke Teenage Fanclub and the Bevis Frond. Of the latest, Brilliant Failures, Jennifer Kelly wrote, “If you like smart lyrics tossed casually over the shoulder, exquisite melodies blurred and buried under guitar wail, ephemeral pop pleasures that latch on stubbornly and enduringly in your ear, you’ll probably like The Black Watch.”

The Beatles—Revolver

To start at the start, my love for The Beatles simply can’t be overestimated/understated. If their almighty double album evinces in a “writ large” way just how ambitious (and with what astonishing range) the Fabs could be, Revolver is also a record that simply has everything: rocking, bouncing-jolly songs; a stringsy storytelling session; peppy horns for pumped-up people; a drone to die for (those “Indian” whoops!); and my favorite song of all time (And Your Bird Can Sing). Gone is the mystery behind most bands that we so very cherished/lived for in the 60s as kids. How we’d simply kill for any tidbits of info on J, P, G, & R. It’s a rare day that I don’t listen to The Beatles. I was lunching with band mate (and lead guitarist) Andy Creighton (who fronts his own wonderful band, The World Record) and our mutual friend Ben Eshbach from The Sugarplastic and Ben said: “Whenever someone dismisses The Beatles in some highfalutin way, I always think it’s mere posturing.” Truer words, sir. Truer words.

My Bloody Valentine—Isn’t Anything

When I first relocated to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara I got a job as an assistant editor at a paper that, quixotically, was trying to compete with the LA Weekly. The Relativity label was really good about sending me cassettes (!!!!) of “alt” bands. So in ’88 came a tape that changed my life nearly as much as The Beatles had done when I was a kid. Loveless has its proper apologists for greatest-shoegaze-LP-of-all-time but Isn’t Anything affects me more on account of—I think—it’s about the mystery (there’s that word again) of sex. I could not believe the news when I was told that MBV were playing the Club Lingerie. I think there were eleven or twelve people there—not many more. Old chum Craig Costigan was at that show with me (as well as The Lucy Show’s Santa Barbara debut—which made me form my band), as was then-band mate J’Anna Jacoby and future band mate Steven Schayer. The Valentines were so mind-blowing I can’t even tell you. Having lived in LA so long now, I’m never ever starstruck, but I remember just gawking at this Irish-English outfit. We went backstage just to look at those four heroes. This LP makes me crazy with happiness—and I still have it on cassette (for playing in the jeep).

Shelley—“Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples”

Shelley’s my second favorite poet (top spot would go to T.S. Eliot) but this gorgeous lyric poem haunts me as it haunted me first time I read it in class as an undergrad at UCSB. Whenever I taught it in my poetry classes, I’m sure I waxed rhapsodic over it—much to the eye-rolling dismay or in some few cases delight of the students. Despite his uber-generous nature, Shelley seemed perpetually to find ways to F up his life and to occasion chaos (especially with the turnstile, as it were, of pretty women in his life) whithersoever he roamed. And roam he certainly did. I’ve myself sat on the shores round the bay of Naples; and the majestic beauty you find there doubtless induces a kind of melancholic state of mind, a la what you find in this incredible poem.

Stanley Kubrick—Barry Lyndon

Hands down my favorite film—by my favorite director. Have you not seen it? Oh, you’re in for such a treat. What an eye-banquet it is. Legendary stuff. Saw it in the theater in Goleta when it came out. And when I came out of that theater, I made plans to see it again the next day. Cue one’s obsessive-compulsive nature when it comes to great art. I really am the sort of person who can watch or listen to something I love again and again and again.

Echo and The Bunnymen—A Promise

The Bunnymen, along with The Lucy Show, were my greatest inspirations when we were starting out as the black watch. And to write a song like this—one that’s essentially one chord—is a veritable ambition to this day. The “cool” station in Santa Barbara, KTYD, played “Never Stop” from time to time, and that’s how I came upon these wonderful scousers. You try wearing a houndstooth greatcoat like Mac’s in summertime SB! It takes a heap of gumption and goofiness. But those were the days. Poseur days of callow alternative youth!

T.S. Eliot—Complete Poems and Plays

Wanna write above-average lyrics? Read as much Old Possum as you can. Despair that you’ll ever write half as well. Despair some more. Repeat. Rinse yourself of the literary influences you’ll never wash off. Repeat ad infinitum. Enjoy the silence and the majesty. See how I’m floundering to say anything worth noting? Impossibly powerful. Cue Wittgenstein’s observation about how whereof we cannot speak thereof we must not. No words. Eliot took them all. We’re just his flailing heirs.

Nabokov—Pale Fire

Here we have my favorite novel by my favorite novelist. And short story writer. Obsessively, I write on the first page of books the season/place I’ve read them in: I’ve read this book seventeen times now—in London, LA, Santa Barbara, New Zealand, Canada, and France. I love novelists who play games/tricks on the reader. My own humble works of comic fiction, admittedly, aren’t a patch on this towering giant of a book. One can but try! And never reach these heights. One of the wittiest, funniest, most puzzling-till-you-get-it books you’ll ever. Don’t wait till the world ends to read N’s masterpiece. Lolita—sure. But this thing? I mean, come on.

Justin Hayward and John Lodge—Blue Jays LP

Producer Rob Campanella and I often, while we’re tracking, take breaks to listen to The Moody Blues whom we love, love, love. They aren’t cool now and they weren’t cool when this side project first came out, but goddam if it didn’t get me through the music-snobby super-preppy high school I went to. Everyone was listening to Foghat or—I dunno—Zeppelin. Bellbottomy stuff with gobs of facial hair. I got laughed at for liking The Beach Boys too. Harken to the Harrisonian lead here by Justin Hayward (a very very under-rated guitarist); and oh the swooping-soaring strings. Gorgeousnessity. That’s not a word—and it shouldn’t be—but it fits.

The Black Watch—Brilliant Failures

I include this as I am a massive fan of what I do. Unabashedly. What’s the point of making something you’re not super into? I throw this in in order to point up how near the end of recording an album I almost always write one more song that becomes a single of sorts. I loved reading Robert Smith saying, “When I want to hear a great song, I write one.” He was—natch—winding up the press people and the punters, but he was also stating a truism: an artist makes something for him or herself. This eponymous song was the last one we tracked for the self-same LP. Rob went: “How in the world could you even think of leaving this off the LP, John!” And I said: “Well, I just wrote it last night. I always write a big fat catchy song after we think we’re done making the album.”

The Novels of Jean Rhys

Pick one. Any one. She’s addicting! Me, I’m in love with a dead woman!

[2braincellslz]

⚠️Request are not guaranteed⚠️

Request junk:

So heres what is will and wont write:

Will:

Fluff

Angst

Oneshots

Long storys

Aus

Headcanons

Y/n

Ships

Will nots:

Smut (for now atlest)

Fandoms:

Ace Attorney:

Pheonix wright

Miles edgeworth

Dick Gumshoe

Maya fey

Franziska Von Karma

Slashers:

Michael Myers

Jason Vorhees*

Brahms heelshire

Billy lenz

Bubba *

Billy Loomis

Stu Macher

Hannibal:

Hannibal Lecter

Will Graham

Freddie Lounds

Jack Crawford

Bedelia du Maurier

Beverly Katz

Fredrick Chilton

Alan Bloom

JJK:

Satoru Gojo

Suguru Geto

Sukuna

Nanami

Toji foshiguro

Mahito

Shoko Ieiri*

Hiromi Higuruma*

Peaky blinders:

Thomas Shelby

Arther Shelby

Finn shelby

Ada shelby

(I can't remember the rest of the names lmao)

The sandman:

The Corinthian (gay only)

Morpheus

Satan

Death

Spiderman:

Spider man

Harry Osbourne

Otto octavius

Norman Osborne

MJ

The breakfast club:

John Bender (the criminal)

Claire (the queen)

Andrew (the jock)

Brian (the brian)

Allison (the basket case)

Game of thrones:

Robb stark

Theon Greyjoy

Jon snow

Little finger

Ramsay Bolton

The other guys lmao

Witcher:

Jaskier

Geralt

Yennifer

Others and such

Other-

Characters from Nightmare Before Christmas

Characters from Corpse Bride

Jack sparrow

Also i can write fanfic with your oc.

If there is a character you want (from a completely different fandom or one of the ones listed) then dont be afraid to ask!

When you send in a ask, do be sure to specify if you want male, female, or GN. (And for the dsmp characters tell me if you wan c! Or cc!)

*I dont really know all that much about them

[ofallingstar]

List of books I read this year

Crush by Richard Silken

The Essential Brendan Kennelly by Brendan Kennelly

Upstream by Mary Oliver

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz

Lady Chatterley’s Lover by H.D. Lawrence

The Year of the Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Marianela by Benito Pérez Galdós

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Collected Poems by Patrick Kavanagh

In the Woods by Tana French

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by W.B. Yeats

De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

Pygmalion by George Bernand Shaw

Parallax by Sinéad Morrisey

When All Is Said by Anne Griffin

In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland

Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

Paradise Lost by John Milton

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne Jones

The Bone People by Keri Hulme

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappé

On Palestine by Noam Chomsky & Ilan Pappé

House of Many Ways by Dianne Wynne Jones

Spells: New and Selected Poems by Annie Finch

A Man Called Ove by Fredrick Backman

How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

The Vanishing Half by Bret Bennett

Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami

The Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

So Sad Today: Personal Essays by Melissa Broder

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

Metamorphoses by Ovid

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin

Howards End by E.M. Forster

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

Salomé by Oscar Wilde

La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils

A Little Larger Than The Entire Universe: Selected Poems by Fernando Pessoa

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris

Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates

Horseradish by Lemony Snicket

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Night Shift by Stephen King

Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

The Entity by Frank De Felitta

The Complete Grims' Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Roses of May by Dot Hutchison

First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami

Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Plainwater: Essays and Poetry by Anne Carson

Dream Work by Mary Oliver

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[daggerzine]

GREAT- “it was yr birthday” (self-released single)

This single, which came out last summer, could have easily drifted by me, but it didn’t because this gentleman, GREAT, is the son of The Black Watch’s John Andrew Fredrick and J.A.F. suggested I give it a listen. Which I did and I liked it very much

(oh and GREAT is Chandler Fredrick).

I’m at the point now where my friend’s kids are making music and it’s finding its way to me (see also Te Vista) which is awesome!

“it was yr birthday” is a growing, swelling pop tune that almost seems like it could burst into strings and horns at any moment. It doesn’t but the keyboards do a good job of swelling the melodies.  He and he has another single from last year, “modern girls,” that is more driving and rockin’ but just as good. This young man seems like he’s well on is way.

Hit us with some more tunes, Mr. Fredrick Jr.

www.great3.bandcamp.com

[spiderandthesims]

1880s Names

A

Boys

Abel, Abraham, Adam, Addison, Adelbert, Alexander, Alfred, Aloysius, Alphonse, Ambrose, Amos, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Anthony, Anton, Archibald, Art, Arthur, Aubrey, August, Augustine, Augustus, Avery

Girls

Ada, Adelaide, Adele, Adeline, Agatha, Agnes, Alice, Alma, Almeda, Alta, Anastasia, Angeline, Anna, Annabelle, Anne, Arizona, Augusta, Augustine, Aurelia, Aurora

B

Boys

Barney, Benjamin, Bennett, Bernard, Bishop, Bradford

Girls

Beatrice, Bernadette, Bess, Bessie, Beulah, Birdie

C

Boys

Carlton, Carson, Casper, Cassius, Cecil, Charles, Chauncey, Chester, Christian, Christopher, Clarence, Claude, Clement, Clifford, Coleman, Conrad, Cornelius, Curtis

Girls

Camille, Caroline, Catherine, Cecilia, Celestia, Celestine, Celia, Charity, Charlotte, Christine, Claire, Clara, Clarice, Claudia, Clementine, Conception, Constance, Corda, Cordelia, Cornelia

D

Boys

Dallas, Daniel, Darius, David, Dennis, Dewitt, Dorsey, Douglas, Dudley, Dwight

Girls

Daisy, Delia, Della, Delphia, Docia, Dollie, Dolly, Dolores, Dora, Dorcas, Doris, Dorothy, Dove, Dovie, Drucilla

E

Boys

Early, Edmond, Edward, Edwin, Eldridge, Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmer, Elton, Elwood, Emerson, Emery, Emil, Emmett, Enoch, Ephraim, Erasmus, Erastus ,Eric, Ernest, Ervin, Erwin, Eugene, Everett, Ezra

Girls

Edith, Edmonia, Effie, Elaine, Elda, Eldora, Eleanor, Elise, Eliza, Elizabeth, Ella, Elma, Elnora, Eloise, Elsa, Elsie, Emily, Emma, Emmaline, Era, Erma, Erna, Ernestine, Essie, Esta, Estella, Estelle, Esther, Ethel, Ethelyn, Etta, Eudora, Eugenia, Eula, Eulalia, Eunice, Euphemia

F

Boys

Felix, Ferdinand, Francis, Franklin, Frederick, Fredrick

Girls

Fanny, Fay, Felicia, Fern, Fidelia, Flora, Florence, Florida, Francis

G

Boys

Gabriel, Garrett, General, George, Gideon, Giles, Golden, Gregory

Girls

Geneva, Genevieve, Georgia, Georgie, Goldie, Grace, Gwendolyn

H

Boys

Harmon, Harold, Harris, Harrison, Henry, Hollis, Homer, Horace, Howard, Howard, Howell, Hugo

Girls

Harriett, Hattie, Henrietta, Hester, Honora, Hope, Hortense

I

Boys

Irving

Girls

Imogene, Indiana, Iona, Iris, Isadora

J

Boys

Jack, Jackson, Jacob, James, Jasper, Jeremiah, John, Jonathan, Joseph, Josiah, Judson, Jules, Julian, Junius

Girls

Jane, Josephine, Judith, Julia, Julie, Juliet, June

K

Boys

Kenneth

Girls

Kathleen

L

Boys

Lawrence, Lawson, Leander, Leonard, Lewis, Lionel, Logan, Lucien, Lucius, Luther, Lyman

Girls

Lacy, Lillian, Lilly, Louise, Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucretia, Lucy

M

Boys

Major, Malcolm, Marcus, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Mathias, Matthew, Maurice, Maxwell, Michael, Miles, Milo, Milton, Monroe, Morgan, Mortimer

Girls

Mabel, Madeline, Magnolia, Marie, Mary, Matilda, Maude, May, Melinda, Mildred, Millicent, Millie, Minerva, Minnie, Miriam, Missouri, Mollie, Mona

N

Boys

Nathan, Nathaniel, Neil, Nelson, Newton, Nicholas, Noah, Noel, Norman, Norris

Girls

Netta, Nettie, Nevada, Nona, Nora, Norah, Norma

O

Boys

Oliver, Oren, Orson, Otis, Otto, Owen

Girls

Odelia, Odessa, Ola, Olive, Ona, Opal, Ophelia, Ora, Orpha, Ottilie

P

Boys

Patrick, Percival, Percy, Peter, Phillip, Pierce, Pleasant

Girls

Pansy, Parthenia, Patience, Pearl, Penelope, Permelia, Philomena, Phoebe, Polly, Priscilla, Prudence

Q

Boys

Quincy

R

Boys

Raymond, Richard, Richmond, Robert, Rodney, Roger, Ross

Girls

Rita, Rosalie, Rose, Rowena, Ruby, Ruth

S

Boys

Samuel, Seymore, Sidney, Silas, Simon, Solomon, Stanley, Stephan, Sterling, Stewart, Sylvester

Girls

Samantha, Sophronia

T

Boys

Thaddeus, Theodore, Thomas, Thorton, Tillman, Timothy, Tobias, Truman

Girls

Tennessee, Thelma, Theodora, Theodosia, Theresa, Tillie

U

Boys

Ulysses

Girls

Una

V

Boys

Valentine, Vernon, Victor, Vincent, Virgil

Girls

Vera, Verona, Vesta, Victoria, Viola, Violet, Virginia, Vivian

W

Boys

Walker, Wallace, Walter, Warren, Watson, Webster, Wesley, Wilber, Wilbert, Wilbur, Wiley, Wilfred, Willam, Willard, William, Wilson, Winfield

Girls

Wilda, Wilhelmina, Wilma, Winifred, Winnifred, Winona

Z

Girls

Zella, Zora

[reconprate]

The Black Watch

The Black Watch “Oh Do Shut Up” The Morning Papers Have Given Us the Vapours (04-20-2024) Second single, b/w “Living Backwards,” off the new album.  Believe the original version of this song may date back to 2012.  At that time, John Andrew Fredrick’s own label, The Eskimo Record Label, released an EP called Wednesday, by Kesha “Kay” Rose’s band The Ultra Violet.  Its lead track, “Shut Up,” is…